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Plymouth,  Mass. 


DESCRIPTIVE. 


JT7HE  historic  interest  attaching  to  the  oldest  town  in  New  England  and  the  landing  place 
1  of  the  Pilgrims  leads  thousands  of  people  annually  to  visit  Plymouth.  The  picturesque 
sceneiy,  beautiful  walks  and  drives  about  its  woods,  ponds  and  shores,  with  the  facilities 
for  boating  and  fishing,  make  it  one  of  the  most  attractive  places  on  the  coast  for  summer 
tourists. 

Plymouth  Rock,  famous  throughout  the  world  as  the  stepping  stone  upon  which  the  Pil- 
grims landed  December  21st,  1620,  still  occupies  the  same  position  as  when  the  Pilgrim 
shallop  first  grazed  its  side.  It  has  been  raised  somewhat  to  prevent  being  hidden  by  the 
filling  in  of  wharves  and  is  now  covered  by  an  artistic  canopy  of  granite.  Just  above  the 
Rock  is  Cole's  Hill  where,  during  the  first  winter,  were  buried  one  half  the  number  who 
landed  from  the  Mayflower. 

Leyden  Street,  the  first  street  laid  out,  originally  extended  from  the  water  to  the  top  of 
Burial  Hill.  On  the  north  side  stood  the  Governor's  house,  the  site  of  which  is  now  occupied 
by  the  Odd  Fellows'  building.  On  the  south  side,  next  the  Brook,  were  the  store  houses  and 
thatched  roofs  of  the  first  dwelling  houses.  At  the  head  of  the  street,  on  the  brow  of  Burial 
Hill,  was  the  fort  erected  as  a  defence  against  the  Indians  and  also  used  as  a  place  of  public 
worship.     The  upper  portion  of  this  street  is  now  called  Town  Square. 

Above  the  Square  is  Burial  Hill  where  repose  the  ashes  of  those  who  survived  the  first 
winter.  Marble  tablets  mark  the  locations  of  the  Old  Fort  and  Watch-Tower,  while  numerous 
monuments  and  stones  point  out  resting  places  of  Pilgrims  and  their  descendants.     From  the 


hill  a  fine  view  of  the  harbor  and  its  surroundings  is  obtained.  In  the  distance  are  the  head- 
lands of  the  Gurnet  and  Saquish;  Clark's  Island,  where  the  Pilgrims  spent  the  first  Sabbath; 
Captain's  Hill,  Duxbury,  the  home  of  Mtles  Standish. 

Pilgrim  Hall,  the  museum  of  Mayflower  relics,  paintings  and  antiquities,  is  oppn  daily  to 
visitors.  Among  the  many  interesting  objects  here  exhibited  are  the  sword  of  Myi.es 
Standish;  the  bible  of  John  Alden;  the  cradle  in  which  the  first  Pilgrim  baby,  Peregrine 
White,  was  rocked ;  the  chairs  of  Governor  Bradford  and  Elder  Brewster;  and  the  first 
patent  granted  to  the  Plymouth  Colonists  by  the  New  England  Company,  the  oldest  state  paper 
in  existence  in  the  United  States. 

At  the  Court  House  may  be  seen  the  earliest  records  of  Plymouth  Colony,  in  the  hand- 
writing of  Bradford,  Brewster,  Standish  and  others  of  that  heroic  band;  the  plan  of  the 
plots  of  ground  first  assigned  for  yearly  use;  the  will  of  Mtles  Standish;  the  original  patent 
of  the  Company,  with  its  great  wax  seal:  ancient  deeds  with  Indian  signatures:  etc. 

The  National  Monument  to  the  Forefathers  was  designed  by  Hammatt  Billings  and  the 
corner  stone  laid  August  2nd,  1859.  The  plan  of  the  principal  pedestal  is  octagonal  and  from 
it  project  four  buttresses.  The  total  bight  of  the  monument  is  eighty  feet.  On  the  main 
pedestal  stands  a  figure  of  Faith,  the  largest  and  finest  piece  of  granite  statuary  in  the  world. 
It  is  two  hundred  and  sixteen  times  life  size  and  thirty  six  feet  in  bight.  This  figure  was  the 
gift  of  Oliver  Ames  of  Easton,  a  native  of  Plymouth  and  cost  $32,000.  On  each  of  the  but- 
tresses are  seated  figures  representing  Morality,  Education,  Law  and  Freedom.  On  the  faces 
of  the  buttresses  are  alto-reliefs  representing  scenes  from  Pilgrim  history,— the  Departure  from 
Delft  Haven;  the  Signing  of  the  Social  Compact;  the  Landing  at  Plymouth;  and  the  Treaty 
with  Massasoit. 


Copyright,  1888,  by  A.  S.  Burbank,  Plymouth.  Mass  The  Albertype  Co.    X    V 

VIEW    OF    PLYMOUTH    FROM    THE    HARBOR 


COLES    HILL.    THE   FIRST  BURIAL   PLACE   OF  THE   PILGRIMS 

CANOPY    OVER    PLYMOUTH    ROCK. 


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THE  GURNET. 
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JOHN  ALDEN  HOUSE 


Duxbury,  Mass.  Built  1666. 


FILGRIM    HALL. 


DEPARTURE    PROM    DELPT    HAVEN 

PILGRIM    FALL. 


Painting  by  C.  Lucy. 


LANDING    OF   THE    PILGRIMS 

PILGRIM   HALL. 


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PEREGRINE  WHITE'S  CRADLE. 


ELDER   EREWSTER'S  CHAIR. 


THE    MAYFLOWER   IN    PLYMOUTH    HARBOR. 

PILGRIM  HALL. 


Painting  by  Halsall. 


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EMBARKATION    OF    THE    PILGRIMS 

RELIEF    ON    NATIONAL    MONUMENT. 


VIEW    OF    PLYMOUTH    FROM    THE    SOUTH. 


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